Engineers eye better helmet designs for soldiers
Feb 25th, 2010 | By tfedderson2 | Category: Campus News, February 25, 2010, IssueShotgun-like blasts booming through the hallways of the College of Engineering are helping herald the next generation of head protection for American soldiers. Using a shock tube – a 10-foot-long metal beam that shoots high pressure gas to mimic the shock waves of explosions – campus researchers are collecting data to design better combat helmets. […]